Eleven animals, including four underweight sheep and a donkey with contagious skin diseases, were found at a Town of Sanford property Thursday and a Binghamton man is facing animal cruelty charges.

The Broome County Sheriff's Office, coordinating with the New York State Attorney General, state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Broome County Humane Society, executed a search warrant at 34 Hawkins Road.

John Elmer, 39, of Clinton Street, has been charged with seven counts of failure to provide proper sustenance to animals and two counts of failure to provide proper food, drink and wholesome air to an impounded animal — all are misdemeanors under the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law.

According to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, state investigators received a complaint in March about alleged neglect of animals at the Sanford residence. The search by law enforcement agencies was carried out April 12.

Sheriff's office Capt. Kathleen Newcomb said four sheep and a donkey were found in a pen by the driveway, two caged cats were in the house and four penned foxes were in the backyard with no drinkable water.

The cats had respiratory issues and tested positive for hook worm, two of the four sheep were emaciated and one had an untreated eye infection that rendered blindness, and the donkey's skin diseases had also gone untreated, according to Newcomb.

Eleven animals were rescued from squalor at a Sanford property.(Photo: Provided)

One of the foxes had lice and another was emaciated. The carcasses of two dead goats that died "many months ago" were found in a bar, Newcomb said.

Elmer, who owns the Sanford property, did not have permits for the foxes, according to the sheriff's office.

The animals are being treated and Elmer has been directed to appear in Sanford Town Court to answer the charges. Schneiderman's office said the defendant is presumed innocent, unless proven guilty in court.

Any person convicted of animal-related crime will be required to pay a fine and have their photo and name on the county's registry for 15 years, Harder said. As of Monday, the registry had no convicts listed — it is not retroactive, and will only list those convicted after the registry was created.

Police conduct a search in the Susquehanna Community of the Binghamton University Campus on April 16, 2018, the morning after the fatal on-campus stabbing of 19-year-old freshman Joao Souza. Maggie Gilroy / Staff photo

Binghamton University Police Chief Timothy Faughnan speaks at a press conference held the morning after 19-year-old freshman Joao Souza was killed in an on-campus stabbing on April 15, 2018. Maggie Gilroy / Staff photo

Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell speaks at a press conference on April 16, 2018 regarding the investigation of the stabbing death of Binghamton University freshman Joao Souza. Maggie Gilroy / Staff photo